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Yes, according to an email received from NYCB-- In order to schedule a four-week fall season, the winter and spring, which are currently eight weeks in length respectively, will now each be six weeks long. The 2010-11 Season will be: Fall: September 14 – October 10, 2010 Nutcracker: November 30, 2010 – January 2, 2011 Winter: January 18 – February 27, 2011 Spring: May 3 – June 12, 2011 Standard Series subscription packages will be restructured to reflect the new performance calendar, and renewing subscribers will continue to maintain their current seat locations. Packages for the 2010-11 Season will be sold during a single subscription period for the entire year, and more detailed information will be made available in late spring.

From a press release last August on the NYCB 2010 season: "The spring season, which will feature performances of 40 different ballets, will open on Tuesday, May 4, and be highlighted by an extraordinary celebration of New York City Ballet’s unparalleled commitment to new choreography featuring world premiere ballets by Melissa Barak, Mauro Bigonzetti, Peter Martins, Wayne McGregor, Benjamin Millepied, Alexei Ratmansky, and Christopher Wheeldon. During the course of the eight-week spring season, seven of the weeks will feature a world premiere. "Four original scores have also been commissioned for the new ballets from: Bruno Moretti, who will work with Bigonzetti, his long-time collaborator; French composer Thierry Escaich, who will work with Millepied; young American composer Jay Greenberg, who will create the score for the Barak ballet; and Esa-Pekka Salonen, who composed a violin concerto for Martins’ spring season world premiere which has been co-commissioned by NYCB, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where the score premiered in April. "In addition, the acclaimed architect Santiago Calatrava will also collaborate with NYCB during the 2010 spring season festival of new choreography." I infer from this that the spring season will be much different than the winter season.

The American Ballet performed during the mid-late 1930's. It was the first professional company that Balanchine worked with in the U.S. The flyer includes the date Friday, December 13th--this would place the performance in 1935. The flyer also states that the box office is at the J. K. Gill Company, which is based in Portland, Oregon.

There is no new Ratmansky ballet on the spring schedule. I had hoped that he would choreograph a full-length ballet for ABT. Perhaps in 2011...

No--to both questions. Given how much last spring's schedule changed from what had been originally posted, I wouldn't give up hope.

Julie Kent is scheduled to perform the lead role on May 25, May 27, and June 5 with Roberto Bolle. Other casts are led by Vishneva/Gomes and Dvorovenko/Stearns.

The performances are now posted on the ABT website. Of note is that Natalia Osipova is returning for two performances--The Sleeping Beauty on Saturday, June 19th, and Romeo & Juliet on Saturday, July 10th. She is paired with David Hallberg both times. The company will be performing The Brahms-Haydn Variations, Company B, and Fancy Free, in its All-American Repertory Program June 9, June 12, and July 3; Birthday Offering, Thais pas de deux, Awakening pas de deux, and The Dream, in its All-Ashton Repertory Program June 8-12; The Brahms-Haydn Variations, Fancy Free, and On the Dnieper in its ABT Premieres Repertory Program June 9, June 11, June 28, and July 1; and Allegro Brillante, Company B (June 30) or The Dream (June 29 and July 2), and pas de deux from Manon, Romeo & Juliet, and Thais in its All Classics Masters Repertory June 29, June 30, and July 2. Lady of the Camellias (May 25-27, June 4-7) is the only full-length ballet that has not been frequently performed recently by ABT.

New Martins Ballet Who Cares? I wonder how much thought they put into this program listing for January 5th, 9th, and 14th. Ken

Herman Cornejo is no longer listed as Natalia Osipova's partner on Wednesday night; the schedule has "tba". David Hallberg is still listed to perform on Tuesday and Thursday with Nina Ananiashvili and with Hee Seo on Friday. No press release has yet been made.

Herman Cornejo is now listed as Natalia Osipova's partner on Wednesday night as well as Monday night. David Hallberg is listed to perform on Tuesday and Thursday with Nina Ananiashvili and with Hee Seo on Friday. No press release has yet been made.